Entrepreneur plots moves to monetize 135-year-old trade magazine

New Editor & Publisher owner Mike Blinder aims to go where the publishing industry will be — before it gets there.

By Business Observer Staff
| 6:00 a.m. November 22, 2019

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Tampa area media entrepreneur Mike Blinder has spent at least 20 years helping the biggest brands in publishing make the print-to-digital transformation in selling ads. But his latest career move, to buy a 135-year-old trade magazine that’s covered the publishing industry since Chester Arthur was president of the U.S. in 1884, is a step back in time.